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Wine Peeps is an independent wine blog dedicated to helping you get the most bang for your buck in wine. We do this through blind tastings of wine from around the world and calculations of Quality-to-Price Ratios (QPRs). Because we are located in Seattle, Washington, we have a special interest in Washington State wines.

In the course of our wine journey, we also enjoy numerous wine-related activities such as traveling throughout wine country, visiting vineyards, reading wine books, and trying wine gadgets, all of which we share with our readers.

Category Results for: South African Wine

Our next excursion on our South Africa trip was a day trip to the wine farms of the Constantia Valley, a suburb of Cape Town. These wine farms are some of the oldest and most historical in the world outside of Europe, several dating back over 300 years. The setting is beautiful and serene with […]

LaGayle and I are currently in South Africa visiting the major winelands of the Western Cape and tasting as many of their wines as we can that are available in the United States. On our first full day in Cape Town, after taking one of those Hop-On Hop-Off city tours, we walked up to the […]

You probably wouldnâ€™t believe me if I told you that the wine industry in South Africa dates back to 1659, but itâ€™s true. In fact, South African wine celebrated its 350th birthday yesterday. During the 1700â€™s one of the most expensive and sought after wines in the world was Vin de Constance, or â€œConstantia,â€ a […]

â€œIâ€™m a big fan of Shirazâ€¦great quality and value.â€ –Francis Ford Coppola While virtually every wine lover is familiar with Syrah from the Rhone Valley in France and Shiraz [sha-RAZZ] from Australia, I am more and more impressed with the quality of Shiraz/Syrah from areas not traditionally known for this grape, such as Washington and […]

â€œYou only have so many bottles in your life, never drink a bad one.â€ â€“Len Evans Wine prices are not inherently linked to quality and pleasure. As weâ€™ve said in the About page, weâ€™ve tried wines in and from almost every major wine-producing area in the world. Weâ€™ve had blind tastings and wine tasting dinners […]